An Updated Path Guide For Honkai: Star Rail (Version 4.0)

Honkai: Star Rail’s upcoming version 4.0 update promises a brand new Path that future Planetarcadia characters will be following. This is the Elation Path, which has some new features in what some of the new units will be specializing in. It also gives us some great hints into how debut units will have their kits functioning. But to keep you up-to-date on all the Paths and what they do or mean, here’s an updated guide to prepare yourself.

Table of Contents

•  What Are Paths & How Do They Work?
• 💥 The Destruction Path
•  The Hunt Path
• 💣 The Erudition Path
• 🎶 The Harmony Path
• ☄️ The Nihility Path
•  The Preservation Path
•  The Abundance Path
• 🔮 The Remembrance Path
•  The Elation Path

 What Are Paths & How Do They Work?

Before the release of the Elation Path, there were seven Paths in total that characters could be part of. Depending on what Path a character was in, that determined their basic role in a team. It also gave a massive hint into what their kit or abilities specialized in and what they’re meant to be used for. For example, if a unit was part of the Abundance Path, that meant that the unit is a Support, healing type with lots of healing abilities in their kit. If you’re ever in need of more HSR units, you can get a new Honkai star rail top up to help you prepare for version 4.0.

Knowing and understanding how Paths work and correlate to your units is insanely important. If you play a unit differently than intended, then you lose out on a lot of the unit’s potential. It also helps you create better team synergies by understanding where to place your character and how units of differing Paths and fill in their weaknesses. Going off the earlier example, Abundance units are healers, so they aren’t meant to be Main DPS units like how other Paths can.

💥 The Destruction Path

 

The Destruction Path is all about doing as much damage as possible no matter the cost. As expected, units in this Path are massive damage dealers that are typically meant for the Main DPS role in teams. They have some decent survivability too thanks to their higher max Health stats. However, that stat increase is there for a reason. Destruction characters often use parts of their Health for more damage, so healers are a must here!

 The Hunt Path

 

Characters in the Hunt Path typically have much higher Movement Speed in battle along with insane single-target Burst damage. Their core trait is being able to attack and take down enemies fast, especially bosses. You’ll typically also see these units as a team’s Main DPS and are best used for boss rushes. Some of the best boss battle teams have a Hunt unit, so never underestimate these guys.

💣 The Erudition Path

 

Characters in the Erudition Path are almost the complete opposite fighting style wise than those in the Hunt. Instead of single-target damage, Erudition characters have mostly AOE (Area of Effect) attacks. They also have mixtures between being a Main or Sub-DPS depending on what their AOE does. Some abilities are strictly for damage while others have massive debuff or buff effects against enemy hordes.

🎶 The Harmony Path

 

 

Harmony Path followers are essentially your core Sub-DPS units. Their kits are filled with buffing abilities that increase the stats of your team. Depending on those buffs, they can be a major help when synergizing with specific Main DPS characters. A good example is by simply increasing the Critical Rates and damage for Hunt units. This helps them take out major enemies and bosses even faster than before!

☄️ The Nihility Path

 

Nihility Path following units are another type of Sub-DPS character, but this time they’re more aggressive against enemies. Their kit focuses on debuffing the enemy rather than making their party members stronger. This can also give Main DPS units some major advantages like stunning or slowing enemies down. Some can even create elemental weaknesses against enemies to create better attack opportunities for the party.

 The Preservation Path

 

Moving a little away from buffing and debuffing, Preservation Path characters are a more physical and defensive version of the Sub-DPS role. They deploy Shields and other damage mitigations and defensives to protect the team from getting onslaught by tough enemies. They can even redirect some incoming damage as a sort of deflection, so you could theoretically make some pretty cool plays with the right timing and moves.

 The Abundance Path

 

The Abundance Path is arguably one of the most important Paths you’ll be looking at a lot, as this is where your healers come from! This Path has all your main Support units that have kits revolving around different ways to heal your other units. They can also provide some small buffs while cleansing any debuffs that enemies may have cast to the team.

🔮 The Remembrance Path

 

 

The Remembrance Path, at least until the new Elation one releases, is the final Path in Honkai: Star Rail. This one is very different compared to the rest since units here can cast Summons for more abilities. Depending on what the unit’s kit is, the Summon can give extra buffs, do more damage, debuff enemies, and so much more. This makes these units a lot more flexible than the rest team role wise.

 The Elation Path

 

The Elation Path will be the newest unit type added to the game after version 4.0 finally releases. When it does, we’ll have two new units named Yao Guang and Sparxie representing this Path, which has already shown us a few things. Units in this Path revolve around strengthening Follow-Up Attacks for more damage and other buffs. This can make characters theoretically perform as a Sub or Main DPS here.

 

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